Skulz's HotS Competitive Hero Tier List October 2018 - HGC Finals

The Heroes of the Storm Competitive Hero Tier List for October 2018 includes a total of 83 games. Data from HGC Finals Group Stage.

All the heroes are ordered in five tiers based on their draft rate. The tiers are viewed as clusters of data, and each hero is placed in the one they are closer the most.

The tier list is based on picks and bans in pro games during the month. The performance of a certain hero in pub matches is not a reliable source for this list.

The win rate has no effect on the tiers, but is included for further info. The popularity displayed in the tables depends only on picks and bans.

No personal opinions. Every month, we will see which heroes raised or declined in rank solely through the statistics.

The list is based on the data available on Master League. There are several resources on the HotS competitive scene, but I believe they are the best one. Utilizing their match history, I gathered the replays of all professional games played during the month, and parsed them using Stats of the Storm.

This tier list includes data from 83 games played from October 1st to 29th.

Tournaments:

There are a few games from HGC Europe and North America, but the great majority of the data belongs to the Group Stage of HGC Finals

As usual, the matches from HGC Korea are missing because I couldn’t retrieve the replays.

All tables are responsive and sortable. If you are using a phone, turn it sideways for a full view. Otherwise, zoom in or click the grey area of each table to swipe and sort them.

Tier 1

Name

Hero

Popularity

Picks

Bans

Ban%

Win

Win%

Maiev

98,8%

17

65

78,3%

10

58,8%

Tyrande

97,6%

42

39

47%

28

66,7%

Genji

94%

20

58

69,9%

13

65%

Diablo

88%

34

39

47%

12

35,3%

Deckard

74,7%

51

11

13,3%

23

45,1%

Garrosh

73,5%

25

36

43,4%

17

68%

Win rate by map

Tier 2

Name

Hero

Popularity

Picks

Bans

Ban%

Win

Win%

Medivh

66,3%

7

48

57,8%

5

71,4%

Blaze

66,3%

40

15

18,1%

18

45%

Raynor

65,1%

49

5

6%

25

51%

Yrel

59%

42

7

8,4%

26

61,9%

Hanzo

56,6%

35

12

14,5%

19

54,3%

Anub'arak

49,4%

27

14

16,9%

16

59,3%

Win rate by map

Tier 3

Name

Hero

Popularity

Picks

Bans

Ban%

Win

Win%

Abathur

39,8%

6

27

32,5%

3

50%

Dehaka

39,8%

27

6

7,2%

12

44,4%

Malthael

38,6%

23

9

10,8%

11

47,8%

Fenix

36,1%

24

6

7,2%

14

58,3%

Li-Ming

36,1%

25

5

6%

8

32%

Whitemane

32,5%

22

5

6%

8

36,4%

Kerrigan

30,1%

9

16

19,3%

6

66,7%

Thrall

28,9%

19

5

6%

11

57,9%

Malfurion

27,7%

20

3

3,6%

10

50%

Arthas

26,5%

20

2

2,4%

11

55%

Jaina

26,5%

14

8

9,6%

10

71,4%

Zeratul

26,5%

10

12

14,5%

8

80%

Muradin

25,3%

21

0

0%

5

23,8%

Greymane

24,1%

17

3

3,6%

6

35,3%

Generally, tier 4 and 5 heroes are situational. They can be useful when employed to counter a specific draft or create combos with other heroes. Remember: in a competitive environment, not all heroes can adapt to any game, but they still have a niche.

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